October 2019: New PTA handout, relationship mapping video, MCC in the news
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In the News
Our latest coverage spans college admissions, achievement pressure, fostering empathy, and preventing sexual harassment. Read more:
The Washington Post: The truth about college admissions — from college admissions deans
The Washington Post: Students in high-achieving schools are now named an 'at-risk' group, study says
HGSE News: P Is for Partnership
HuffPost: How To Foster Empathy In Your Kids
The Good Men Project: The Next One in Line
Coronado Eagle & Journal: How Kids Can Make a Difference by Including Others
THE Journal: Empowering Student Success on College Admissions Tests
The Michigan Daily: Cheryn Hong: We need to fortify our sexual assault education
Ms. Magazine: Fighting Gender-Based Harassment in Schools Could Change Women’s Futures
For more information and resources, check out our website, and be sure to follow Making Caring Common on Facebook and Twitter to join the conversation online.
For Educators: How to Use Our Relationship Mapping Strategy
For students, a positive connection to at least one school adult can help reduce bullying and drop-out rates. Our Relationship Mapping strategy can help you identify students in need of stronger connections.
Share this short video overview with your school leaders to help them learn more about how to use the resource and its benefits for school communities.
Find the full resource on the Making Caring Common website.
For Families: 7 Tips for Raising Caring Kids
Are you looking for a handout for your next PTA meeting or school presentation? Our "7 Tips for Raising Caring Kids" is now available as an easy double-sided PDF.
Download the full resource on the Making Caring Common website.
Plus: Making Caring Common's Recommended Reading
Congratulations to Making Caring Common's Brennan Barnard on his new book, The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together. Co-written with Rick Clark, Director of Undergraduate Admission at Georgia Tech, this guide can help your family have open and balanced conversations about college admissions, feel less stressed, and enjoy the adventure together.
Our long-time collaborators at The Family Dinner Project have published a wonderful new book, Eat, Laugh, Talk: The Family Dinner Playbook, that gives readers the tools to have fun family dinners with great food and great conversation.
Plus, coming soon from our friends Daren Graves and Scott Seider, who are both alumni of Harvard's Ed.D. program: Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice. Preorder it now or add it to your wish list.